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November 18, 2000


U.N.: Closure of Pak-Afghan Border Will Exacerbate Humanitarian Situation
Friday, November 17, 2000 6:36 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (Nov. 17) XINHUA - The United Nations system in Afghanistan remains concerned about the continued closure of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan,

Taliban support refugees' camps inside Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Taliban support the idea of establishing camps for the displaced inside Afghanistan so that "people's problems will be solved inside the country instead of outside

Afghan opposition questions defector's identity
ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Afghan opposition northern alliance has vehemently rejected the validity of certain media reports and Taliban claims that a recent defector had accused Russian

Afghan opposition questions Loya Jirga mechanism
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Afghan opposition Northern Alliance has questioned the mechanism for the election of the members of Loya Jirga (grand assembly) being pushed ahead

AFGHAN TOWN CLINGS TO TV STATION
DESPITE TALIBAN LAW AGAINST IT, 1 CITY AIRS OLD MOVIES, RERUNS
Chicago Tribune
November 17, 2000
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- And so it carries on, nobly if feebly, within the rocky peaks of the remote Hindu Kush, high atop this city on a steep hill and inside a small yellow building with green trim

Afghan Taleban foreign minister interviewed on talks with USA, possible sanctions
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Nov 15, 2000
Text of interview with Taleban Foreign Minister Abdol Wakil Mutawakkil by Jamal Rayyan in the studio; Mutawakkil speaks in Pashto with sentence-by-sentence translation into Arabic, broadcast live by Qatari

Two more opposition commanders join Taliban
ISLAMABAD (NNI): Two commanders of the opposition have joined the Taliban forces in north Afghanistan, the second defection from the opposition in a week


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